Lars Sullivan

After being trained by Bobby Lashley, Miley signed a contract with WWE in 2013, spending a year and half in the Performance Center before his WWE debut in 2015. After two years of sporadic appearances, he debuted in NXT as Lars Sullivan.

Despite enjoying success, he was unable to capture the NXT Championship before his promotion in 2018, which was stalled due to him having an anxiety attack.

In January 2021, Miley was quietly released from his WWE contract after being removed from programming. It was revealed by Miley that he had asked for his release after informing WWE that he was done with pro wrestling due to his ongoing anxiety issues. In an interview conducted with Fightful on February 3, 2021, Miley stated that he is “likely done” with professional wrestling.

In May 2019, it was revealed that Miley had used multiple accounts on the Bodybuilding.com forum to write what Sports Illustrated described as “a slew of racist, sexist, homophobic, and otherwise offensive posts” between 2007 and 2013. Some of the posts were directed towards WWE employees and were written after Miley had joined WWE.

Paste wrote that the posts showed “a long history of repeated behavior” and noted that some of them had insulted foreigners and the mentally ill. In response to the accusations, Miley stated, “There is no excuse for the inappropriate remarks that I made years ago. They do not reflect my personal beliefs nor who I am today, and I apologize to anyone I offended.”

He was fined $100,000 by WWE and required to complete sensitivity training. Seven months later, it was revealed that he had performed in homosexual pornographic films under the name Mitch Bennett years earlier.